Groupthink is one hot topic that leaves me cold. I’ve worked at magazines where I had my own office and ones where I sat in the middle of a bunch of cubicles. I think I was at Windowpane No. 4 at Elle. We were on the fifth floor in an open concept and instructed to [...]
I vant to be alone
Originally published in January 2012 in Blog
It can happen to you
Originally published in January 2012 in Blog
VIEWERS POUNCE ON CRUNCHY CONTENT For those of you who still haven’t tried letting the internet do your networking for you, here’s an edited list of some of the organizations who came knocking at my door yesterday after I posted this. BTW, I crested at 870 hits and 1,100 pageviews. List courtesy of Google [...]
Fotoshop by Adobé
Originally published in January 2012 in Blog
The big reveal
Originally published in May 2011 in Blog
How would you feel if genome analysis revealed you were predisposed to “early sudden death” from vascular disease? Less hungry for chips? Determined to blow all your savings in Vegas and have as much sex as the day is long? And what if a message in your inbox from a lab in sunny California coldly [...]
It’s time for a survey
Originally published in July 2010 in Blog
Gary Shteyngart is a funny guy. His new book, Super Sad True Love Story, follows the obsessions and catastrophes of the information age, and I can’t wait to read it! In Garyland, “books are extinct, eternal life can be purchased by the elite, subways offer business class and see-through jeans are the latest fashion.” (hat [...]
Will you still love me tomorrow?
Originally published in July 2010 in Blog
While you were sleeping
Originally published in June 2010 in Blog
Here’s an update on two earlier sleep posts, “You snooze, you lose” and “Rubin Naiman in conversation.” Hey all you cool kids! When it comes to apps, Caveat Emptor. Technology’s war on boundaries continues with “Social Sleeping.” Here’s another case of, just-because-you-can-doesn’t-mean-you-should. The iHome + Sleep app lets you “post updates to your social networks [...]
Great in its day
Originally published in June 2010 in Blog
It’s really hard watching one generation replace another, especially when the older one is filled with heroes (I’m thinking of how technology is forcing the early retirement of some perfectly good minds). It’s like witnessing a grand ship sink … all the way down to the bubbles on the surface. The End
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